The wrong way incident was Heath’s third careless driving-related offense in one year. Still, it wasn’t enough to trigger an automatic re-examination of his driving ability. That only happens if a driver — within a short time frame — causes a fatal accident, a certain number of accidents or accrues 12 points on his license.

In Heath’s case, however, an Allegan County deputy who responded to the Aug. 17 incident on US-131 submitted what’s known as an OC-88 to the state asking that it re-examine Heath’s driving ability for medical reasons.